Style
The show departs from more traditional portrayals in several ways:
- Robin Hood wields so called "Saracen" weapons such as a recurve bow and a scimitar. Despite this misnomer, the bow used by Hood in the series bears little resemblance to any Middle-Eastern weapon, and is in fact a modern reproduction of a Hunnish bow.
- The costumes demonstrate a blend of period and contemporary fashion, often disregarding historical accuracy altogether, with one character wearing cargo trousers and wielding Japanese swords.
- The series pays little attention to historical accuracy, using as mentioned before a range of anachronistic costumes and weapons, as well as often using modern turns of phrase in the characters' dialogue which would have made little or no sense in the period in which the show is set. In addition, technical errors are often present, such as plastic nocks being used on Robin Hood's arrows.
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